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Readburn, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13856. It stands on Dry Brook. The Survey maps it on the Readburn quadrangle.

Readburn within Delaware County

Then and now

1923 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Readburn, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Readburn, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Readburn between 1997 and 2015, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2006Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Readburn: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.FlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Centerville2.3 miles18
East Branch2.7 miles23
Pacatacan (historical)2.7 miles23
Fishs Eddy3.3 miles23
Harvard3.4 miles18
Kerryville3.6 miles18
Kerry Siding4.3 miles16
Luzerne4.3 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122570349The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972987. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.